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  1. Seb Lucas

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Shawn studies FL pictures and accepts a lot of feedback around pattern tweaking, so I am not surprised his jackets have improved and are better than other Asian repop makers who don't seem to have cultivated the same dialogue with enthusiasts. My experience with the two I owned are they were...
  2. Seb Lucas

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Helikon M65 repop in olive. New, super good stitching and construction. US small fits like a large. 7.5/10.
  3. Seb Lucas

    Alpha Industries M65 Field Jacket

    I bought a new Helikon Tex M65 in olive - three weeks in. Compared to my Alpha from 2007 it is very similar - very slightly lighter. The fabric seems solid and the manufacture and stitching quality is very neat and tidy. Certainly far better QC than my Australian army issue M65 from 25 years ago...
  4. Seb Lucas

    Y2 leather, found my next leather jacket.

    You're a big fella. I have never stepped inside a gym or worked out in my life, so I don't have the disadvantage of muscles. :D
  5. Seb Lucas

    Y2 leather, found my next leather jacket.

    It's sometimes an issue for me, HD. All my jackets have 26 to 27 inch backs, with 26 inch sleeves. Sometimes a little more sometimes a little less. Like you I'm six two, 185 pounds and the only thing I struggle to find are pants - I have a 35 inside seam.
  7. Seb Lucas

    Y2 leather, found my next leather jacket.

    No. I know my measurements and would only buy a jacket that was almost certain to fit. Unless the seller screws up - which has only happened once. I generally won't spend more than a few hundred dollars on a jacket anyway. My favorite leather jacket cost me $20 - it's a simple black calfskin...
  8. Seb Lucas

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I've had two of these. The service is excellent and the speed of production is insanely quick. The quality is ok - I was not especially taken by the leathers the hardware or knits. There are many companies like this operating out of Pakistan. And some of them are where the big Western brands...
  9. Seb Lucas

    Leather choices ...

    Very true. What they provide the buyer with is an illusion of choice. Mind you I am not fussy. When I buy a jacket, I just pick black or dark brown.
  10. Seb Lucas

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    In my experience, all you can tell from these is color and texture. You will get very little idea about how a jacket would wear or drape though samples.
  11. Seb Lucas

    Packer Kangaroo Leather

    Yeah - most makers seem to be older men who might have gotten stuck in a time period. Mars used to sell patterns from the 60's based on classic era trim patterns.
  13. Seb Lucas

    Aero back length measurements?

    I had the same issue with a new half-belt being an inch shorter than advertised. Thank God it has a drop front and I can pretend it is longer than it is. The only explanation I can think of is that jackets are hastily measured with not enough attention to detail.
  14. Seb Lucas

    Packer Kangaroo Leather

    Based on the website this looks like an unlikely maker. How would you establish that they can make an attractive and properly designed jacket pattern and where do they source their kanga hide? I'm not saying they can't do it (maybe they could copy another jacket) but this might be asking them to...
  15. Seb Lucas

    Packer Kangaroo Leather

    Johnson Leathers San Fran.
  16. Seb Lucas

    Washing my old cowhide jacket

    When I wash brand new jackets with no gunk the water is every bit as filthy, possibly more so.
  17. Seb Lucas

    Washing my old cowhide jacket

    I agree it's mainly dye.
  19. Seb Lucas

    One might want to take care on this bid.

    Bizarre and irritating response.
  20. Seb Lucas

    Bates Leathers

    Are Bates still owned by the original owners, or are they a zombie brand, like Brooks Sportswear or Hamilton watches?
  21. Seb Lucas

    Ship John

    A hatchet is a small camp axe - a tomahawk is similar, but smaller with a long handle and a friction fit head. You had to ask.
  22. Seb Lucas

    Let's see your mechanical watches

    Now they are really pretty watches in a classic mid-century idiom and to me they look better than similar period Omegas. It's curious how such a crude mechanism, which can't even be properly serviced can survive so well for so long. A cheap shit disposable watch that ended up having heirloom...
  23. Seb Lucas

    Let's see your mechanical watches

    I've owned a few vintage watches, but not anything too costly. If I want a watch I can wear doing physical things, it'll be an unbreakable Citizen Ecodrive - and great not to have to set the time, replace a battery or have it serviced. The term 'tool watch' is kind of an irritating marketing...

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